The topic of this paper is the changing relations of control between the legislative and executive
bodies, within executive and within public administration. We outline the traditional way of
controlling public sector ...

Over the last decades higher education systems in much of the Western world have
become more integrated. Whilst public authorities have had to develop strategies for
how higher education systems should be organized, ...

The focus of the paper is on institutional values and organizational forms in universities.
Before starting the analysis, a theoretical framework for understanding institutional
change is outlined. It is based on a ...

The paper presents a theoretical framework for studying reforms and organizational
change; 1) change as the product of reformers’ intentions, 2) change in institutionalized
norms and habits and 3) change as a consequence ...